From: "Hosburgh, Nathan" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:43:22 -0600 Access/hosting/maintenance fees are fairly common after purchasing a digital archive. Sometimes the fee is specified in the license/agreement; sometimes it is mentioned vaguely and no actual cost is specified. It's worthwhile to clarify whether a hosting fee will apply and get an exact figure before finalizing an archive purchase. Otherwise, you could be paying exorbitant fees that you didn't anticipate. GBP £450.00 doesn't seem exorbitant, but it depends on how many titles you are accessing. If hosting fees were never mentioned in any sort of agreement, then you would have more leverage for pushing back against the fees. If you don't get anywhere initially, you might escalate the issue within the publisher's management structure. Nathan Hosburgh Electronic Resources Librarian Assistant Professor Montana State University Library Bozeman, MT 59717-3320 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Houeida Charara <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 09:06:24 +0000 Hi All: We are subscribing to the core online journals from publisher X and renewing our subscription regularly. Last year we purchased their deep backfiles. I was surprised to receive this year an invoice in which they requested the payment of hosting fees; and when I asked them to waive the said fees since we are paying for the platform to access our journals (as a common practice) they sent me the following answer: "Unfortunately, the publisher did not accept to remove the hosting fees for X Deep Backfile. In order to maintain access to purchased backfile content, I am afraid you will need to pay the hosting fee GBP £450.00". Did you face a similar case? If yes did you accept to pay the hosting fees? Best regards, HKC Houeida Kammourié-Charara, D.F.A.P., MScEcon InfoCommons Librarian Library Liaison Communication Arts